Puget Sound White-Crowned Sparrow
Puget Sound Bird Observatory studies birds and their habitats in the Pacific Northwest to better understand changes in bird populations, to inform decision-makers, and to engage the public with birds and their needs.
The Puget Sound Bird Observatory is a fledgling organization dedicated to studying and informing the public about Washington’s birds. A group of bird-banders hatched the idea during long volunteer hours banding birds at monitoring sites. Our vision grew to encompass an organization that identifies gaps in our knowledge about local birds, mobilizes and trains people to collect data to address the gaps, and provides the results both to the general public and to land managers.
We envision an organization that can bridge the space between the resource management and monitoring efforts of the state government, the research efforts of our academic institutions, the public outreach of our Audubon Societies, and a motivated birding public. This concept evolved into our motto:
Sound Science – Scientific Information – Informed Public
PSBO is a 501c3 nonprofit organization, EIN: 65-1315727
